{"id":16691,"date":"2024-10-30T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T06:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=16691"},"modified":"2024-10-30T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T07:02:28","slug":"item_3_958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_3_958\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquor Trade in Maharashtra Up in Arms with Government Mandate on AI-ML Cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16691\" class=\"elementor elementor-16691\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024 12:33<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\">Liquor Trade in Maharashtra Up in Arms with Government Mandate on AI-ML Cameras<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">Oct 30: The liquor trade in Maharashtra is up in arms as the State Government has passed a resolution mandating that all liquor vends including, be it shops, bars, hotels with liquor licenses etc., install cameras with artificial intelligence and machine learning features, each said to be costing Rs. 4.2 lakhs. The trade is planning to approach the courts against this as it will lead to corruption and will make the vends spend Rs. 3000 Cr<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\">\n<p>The Government Regulation was announced just one day prior to the Election Commission announcing the dates for the elections to the Maharashtra Assembly and the Model Code of Conduct coming into play, leaving the liquor trade in a hapless state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The liquor trade is approaching the courts over this order which they believe is going to lead to \u2018over-regulation\u2019 and \u2018monitoring\u2019, besides becoming another tool for corruption. The Government\u2019s contention has been that it wants vends to install the cameras to ensure that these vends do not sell liquor to underage youth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The trade terms this measure as \u2018draconian\u2019 and another way for the government to harass and make money. It is estimated that with the implementation of this order, the liquor vends in Maharashtra will cough up nearly Rs. 3,000 crores, with Mumbai accounting for nearly Rs. 100 crores.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>One vendor likely to benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The entire order, the trade states, appears \u2018fishy\u2019 as only one company is the single vendor in the absence of other suppliers.&nbsp; The Excise Commissioner, Vijay Suryawanshi, however, has clarified that the government only had specified the technology and not the company from whom the cameras could be purchased. He said there are three to four vendors supplying this type of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The government has initiated this on \u2018an experimental basis\u2019 in Mumbai to begin with and on successful implementation here, it plans to roll this out across the State. Soon other states may follow, leading to \u2018keeping the liquor trade in a vice-like grip\u2019. The liquor industry, as such, is highly regulated and this new rule will adversely impact businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;As per media reports, Pivotchain, a video analytics company, helps secure Government and private companies physical infrastructure with large scale Artificial Intelligence driven Video Surveillance (RAVEN AI). They leverage computer vision to provide maximum performance to vision-based systems when solving day-to-day automation challenges at government and military premises, airports, and logistics centers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The liquor trade members wonder why the need for such sophisticated systems, best usage scenarios being government, military premises etc. There are wine shops, bars, permit rooms etc which number over 2,000 in Mumbai alone and another 1,500 in the metro region. The software company has got three distributors, reportedly owned by one individual, and this has raised doubts on the entire move itself. The government however maintains that these cameras will help track the person (minor or those indulging in criminal activities) with all his or her background and in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Constant monitoring of liquor stores&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The liquor vends are seeing this as another way of \u2018harassing\u2019 the trade. With elections round the corner, the Excise Department has announced guidelines and one of which states that &#8220;Licence holders must share a photo of their shop&#8217;s closure daily in the group of excise officers and liquor licence holders to confirm adherence to the specified closing timings. Besides, they need to update their shop&#8217;s opening purchase, sales, and closing details daily before the store closes. These updates must be logged into the Excise Department portal using individual logins assigned to each licence holder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Excise Department has cautioned that any violation of the guidelines would lead to stricter penalties. As per guidelines for consumers have been advised to purchase liquor well in advance as shops may close earlier than usual time. They are also required to carry valid permits (permanent or temporary) while purchasing, carrying, or possessing liquor in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<p><em>The information was released by Mr. Trilok Desai, Chief Editor or Ambrosia Magazine and is published without edits as it is newsworthy-editor.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024 12:33 Liquor Trade in Maharashtra Up in Arms with Government Mandate on AI-ML<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[224,756,512,757,144],"class_list":["post-16691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-headlines","tag-ai","tag-liquor-trade","tag-maharashtra","tag-ml","tag-up"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","slider-bg":"","card-grid":"","card-list":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a>","tag_info":"Other Headlines","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16691"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16700,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16691\/revisions\/16700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}